§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the(a) nature and (b) number of sorties undertaken to date by the Yugoslav Air Force over Kosovo. [83964]
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§ Mr. George RobertsonFigures are not readily available for sorties by the Yugoslav Air Force over Kosovo. However, it is assessed that approximately 180 sorties have been flown in Serbia and Montenegro during the first 49 days of the NATO bombing campaign, an average of four per day. The majority of these flights are believed to be communications and logistic support helicopter flights, whilst just under half comprise fighter and fighter bomber sorties.